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ben: let's say hurricane sandy happened today. how would the federal response be different than clutter years ago in terms of the immediate response and how flood insurance is dealt with. -- dealt with? historically, energy has been one of the things at the local and state level that has coordination. localou are talking about states from the mid atlantic the densely populated areas, you tod to be able to give national utilities and their association that focal point. that is one thing we did definitely that the department of energy has codified into their function. program.evamp of the two things that stood out was the lack of trained people to go into the program and administer that, and a lack of focus on customer service. we have taken a lot of work in the last four years, lessons we have learned to apply to the most recent floods in louisiana and math you, to focus on the customer, the service of the products, and giving the adjusters the -- to do the policies. >> has the agency changed over the last two years? there was low
ben: let's say hurricane sandy happened today. how would the federal response be different than clutter years ago in terms of the immediate response and how flood insurance is dealt with. -- dealt with? historically, energy has been one of the things at the local and state level that has coordination. localou are talking about states from the mid atlantic the densely populated areas, you tod to be able to give national utilities and their association that focal point. that is one thing we did...
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they were the her rug principle of the sandy hook elementary school, murdered at the massacre as she desperately attempted to save her students and staff. life, my mom spent her preparing to take care of students. education a degree in , she spent years in a classroom teaching special education for kindergartners and middle schoolers. by the time she became a principle of sandy hook, she knew exactly what elementary school should be, a happy place for kids, where they could learn and grow in a safe environment. the claim that she should have done more to take care of her kids is an insult to all that she did. to the links to which so many teachers go to ensure a good and safe learning environment, that thinks -- proves just how little she thinks of the importance of the role of the education secretary in keeping students and faculty safe. teachersulting to tell that they should add sharpshooting to their job description. it is absurd to teach students to duck and cover in active shooter drills, rather than demanding our legislators do the responsible thing and make it more difficult
they were the her rug principle of the sandy hook elementary school, murdered at the massacre as she desperately attempted to save her students and staff. life, my mom spent her preparing to take care of students. education a degree in , she spent years in a classroom teaching special education for kindergartners and middle schoolers. by the time she became a principle of sandy hook, she knew exactly what elementary school should be, a happy place for kids, where they could learn and grow in a...
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water related events, whether they be floods or droughts or things like hurricane katrina or superstorm sandy. >> temperature changes. are we experiencing that? a number of studies conflict that we are facing global warming today. quite i did not think that is true. the studies also that the temperatures are rising. i think you are referring to the fact they have not risen that much over the last decade. scientist talk a lot about why that is true. when we talk about climate change, people are focused very heavily on the temperature in the air. there are a number of different ways in which climate change happens. even when the temperature has leveled off in the air, it would explain this a variety of ways, the temperatures in the oceans have continued to rise. the melting around the poles has continued much faster than scientists predict. is ay how this happening matter of some debate. whether and that it is happening is not a matter of debate. it is not a question of conflict. >> thank you for doing this. i wanted to ask you about the midterm election. you said you're going to spend up to $1
water related events, whether they be floods or droughts or things like hurricane katrina or superstorm sandy. >> temperature changes. are we experiencing that? a number of studies conflict that we are facing global warming today. quite i did not think that is true. the studies also that the temperatures are rising. i think you are referring to the fact they have not risen that much over the last decade. scientist talk a lot about why that is true. when we talk about climate change,...
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disastersthe cost of that have already occurred, such as hurricane sandy. report fore annual their disaster relief fund, which i have a copy of here, submitted on friday, this is what the department needs to submit in terms of the budget based on current spending plans and the 10 year average. your monthly report, which i , states $4.6 billion into fiscal year 14 and is a requirement of $7 billion for fiscal year 15, the requirement is seven or significantly higher? in other words, i have two reports. both submitted by a department that seems to be somewhat in conflict. can you provide a little bit of clarity? would have to study the reports that you are specifically referring to in order to answer that question. my general understanding is that the requests we have made regarding disaster relief funds, multiyear money, are sufficient to meet what we believe will be the disaster relief challenges, but i will take a look at those two reports to see whether there are any inconsistencies. >> during a debate on the floor regarding hurricane sandy, and this was
disastersthe cost of that have already occurred, such as hurricane sandy. report fore annual their disaster relief fund, which i have a copy of here, submitted on friday, this is what the department needs to submit in terms of the budget based on current spending plans and the 10 year average. your monthly report, which i , states $4.6 billion into fiscal year 14 and is a requirement of $7 billion for fiscal year 15, the requirement is seven or significantly higher? in other words, i have two...
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how many children have been killed by guns since the sandy hook shootings? >> the number is at least 194. we gathered this data from looking at local and national news reports over the last 12 months. that was the number of cases we were able to find. but we also know that understates the problem. many of these cases never appear in the media at all. o it's at least that number, 194. host: how were these children killed? guest: there is a mix of the type of cases. it's roughly split between homicides and accidents. it's slightly more homicides than accidents. but the accidents in particular are striking because many of these cases are occurring in the children's own homes. and there's some homicides in the homes, too. that's one of the most striking patterns we found in this data set, 127 of these 194 child's deaths had taken place in their own homes. host: and 72 either pulled the trigger themselves or were shot by another child. guest: that's right. so in many of these cases, you have children getting their hands on unsecured firearms and playing with them
how many children have been killed by guns since the sandy hook shootings? >> the number is at least 194. we gathered this data from looking at local and national news reports over the last 12 months. that was the number of cases we were able to find. but we also know that understates the problem. many of these cases never appear in the media at all. o it's at least that number, 194. host: how were these children killed? guest: there is a mix of the type of cases. it's roughly split...
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sandy in new jersey alone, 355,000 homes were severely damaged or destroyed. 355,000. so what you are looking at is how do you get people a sense of hope and also do it in a smart way. so the first thing we did was sit down with the mayors in the most affected towns and we said we want you to begin to think about this in new jersey, very much a home rule state, so they control local zoning and ordinances. they had to be full partners. so we bring the mayors in, met with a lot of them one-on-one to honestwill have an conversation with your residence. residents, to buyout homes and properties that are no longer standing because they are so perpetually flooded over time. but i am not going to force people out, so i want you to start having that conversation. then in the places that don't want to sell out, how are we going to protect it? we came up with nothing novel, but three ways to go about protecting it. first, in the jersey shore communities, not all of our shore communities had army corps of engineers designed doom systems. and there is a debate about this in new je
sandy in new jersey alone, 355,000 homes were severely damaged or destroyed. 355,000. so what you are looking at is how do you get people a sense of hope and also do it in a smart way. so the first thing we did was sit down with the mayors in the most affected towns and we said we want you to begin to think about this in new jersey, very much a home rule state, so they control local zoning and ordinances. they had to be full partners. so we bring the mayors in, met with a lot of them one-on-one...
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sandy hook, people just freaked out and we were inundated. we knew the laws, we did the legislative's, we have coalitions. we have all of that foundation work done, basically we had done work with domestic violence advocates as well. we had everything in place. another thing that helps in we have a fabulous governor, who is amazing. governor kate brown. the other governor had to step down. do not get me started. i love the governor, but, brown has been amazing. governor kate brown is a little woman. day, tohe weight of the see the violence directed toward her, the tiny and fierce woman, it is just amazing. proud to be here today. because of her, i do not know how many of you know, last august, we got some yahoos. they decided they do not like governor kate around, her stand on gun violence prevention, so they would teach her a lesson. they dressed a manikin as kate brown and they burned it. because of her work on gun violence prevention. here is what governor brown says. she said if they are going to burn an effigy every time i stand up for g
sandy hook, people just freaked out and we were inundated. we knew the laws, we did the legislative's, we have coalitions. we have all of that foundation work done, basically we had done work with domestic violence advocates as well. we had everything in place. another thing that helps in we have a fabulous governor, who is amazing. governor kate brown. the other governor had to step down. do not get me started. i love the governor, but, brown has been amazing. governor kate brown is a little...
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started. >> [applause] sandy: good evening. we'll get underway in a moment. evening. we'll get underway in a moment. in addition to those that joe graciously thanks, i want to mention we have to cap's sponsors -- two campus sponsors. one is the lecture fund, and the other is the georgetown student newspaper which were very proud of. a few words before we get underway with kate myers. kate: thank you. and thank you all for coming out this evening for this program, despite the rain. my name is kate myers and i'm the deputy director of the press freedom defense fund in the executive director of our parent nonprofit. we are proud to join our partners here at the free speech project, the night first amendment -- knight first amendment institute institute. the press freedom defense fund stands up for the courageous journalists, document arians, sources and whistleblowers who are facing legal threats for milling tricks that a public needs to know. in particular, we focus on the -- on protecting the free flow of information from source
started. >> [applause] sandy: good evening. we'll get underway in a moment. evening. we'll get underway in a moment. in addition to those that joe graciously thanks, i want to mention we have to cap's sponsors -- two campus sponsors. one is the lecture fund, and the other is the georgetown student newspaper which were very proud of. a few words before we get underway with kate myers. kate: thank you. and thank you all for coming out this evening for this program, despite the rain. my name...
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host: there, he invokes the 2012 sandy hook massacre. what is your reaction? guest: i do not know of any mass shooters over the age of 65 on social security who are doing this. he is using the term mentally ill and questioning whether or not people can handle their finances. they are elderly people and they chew so for a number of different reasons. they cannot handle it themselves, or they are not capable of handling them. they would lose their ability to own guns. that is 10% alone of elderly people and from owning guns. this is -- banned from owning guns. this is not a trivial issue. host: this is how the new york times characterized the bill. they said that what about all that? would people caught up in this rule have had the right to appeal? guest: no, that is one of the problems you have there. it is a blanket rule across the individuals there. you are forcing people to hire lawyers to try and get change. even then, you cannot challenge the basic rule. you can challenge if you should be included on that, but if you meet the criteria, you will still be in
host: there, he invokes the 2012 sandy hook massacre. what is your reaction? guest: i do not know of any mass shooters over the age of 65 on social security who are doing this. he is using the term mentally ill and questioning whether or not people can handle their finances. they are elderly people and they chew so for a number of different reasons. they cannot handle it themselves, or they are not capable of handling them. they would lose their ability to own guns. that is 10% alone of elderly...
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as we saw and sandy when the grid going down took out access to transportation fuels. that is one major focus. another major focus will be around the infrastructure for distributing fuels. again, in the last weeks we have seen the problems in new england with natural gas prices. we have seen the continuing concerns about propane. again, the issue was getting the product from where it was to where we needed it and the infrastructure was not there. >> had you been working on climate change issues for countries that produce a lot of emissions, such as india? how do you believe they should reboot energy sources? >> we are carrying on extensive dialogue of cooperation with china and india, for example. china is by far the largest coal user. around 4 billion tons per year. that is maybe five times what the united states is using at the moment. with both china and india, i will be going to india in about two weeks. i was in china recently. in china, when i was there, all of the senior government officials focused immediately upon the bad air quality issue. it is not just carb
as we saw and sandy when the grid going down took out access to transportation fuels. that is one major focus. another major focus will be around the infrastructure for distributing fuels. again, in the last weeks we have seen the problems in new england with natural gas prices. we have seen the continuing concerns about propane. again, the issue was getting the product from where it was to where we needed it and the infrastructure was not there. >> had you been working on climate change...
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after charlottesville, a secretary of education has to convene the educational stakeholders like after sandy hook. whether republican or democrat, how can we work together to move with schools and stop bigotry and hate? we have tried to do that with southern poverty law center. after harvey, don't bring people together -- bring people together and help the school and kids in houston. we are doing that ourselves. we are raising money. we are talking to the superintendent. what she is not doing, she is not doing what any republican or democratic secretary of education would have done which is to help all kids regardless of ideology and help teachers help kids. that is why i am so disappointed. i think her ideology is broad. it does not work for kids. anyone who says public education is a dead-end doesn't understand the democracy and foundational angling. but that aside, do your job. bringse kind of moments, people together and actually help on the ground so we help principals and parents and kids get through these moments of anxiety. >> we have to leave it right there. thank you very much. the
after charlottesville, a secretary of education has to convene the educational stakeholders like after sandy hook. whether republican or democrat, how can we work together to move with schools and stop bigotry and hate? we have tried to do that with southern poverty law center. after harvey, don't bring people together -- bring people together and help the school and kids in houston. we are doing that ourselves. we are raising money. we are talking to the superintendent. what she is not doing,...
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paul saunders: i agree with you, sandy. i glad to see this position to have a chance to try to do something with it. the europeans, there were certainly changes made, positive ones from the original senate bill 22. part at the beginning about urging the need to cooperate with america's allies is a good thing. there are other pieces in the legislation that the europeans do not like. i do not think they are wrong. there is out and out stated opposition to nordstrom to on on any basis.wo you have legislation that is long and is kind of -- yeah, there is a lot. you can argue the european energy securities away, they are calling on ours. this ame perhaps pursue little bit further. i know there was a comment on this point also, but the question has come up of sanctions versus going to war. are there military options for the united states that fall between those two poles? we are talking general cody mentioned reassuring our allies, the united states is taking a variety of steps now actually to do that. are there other things that
paul saunders: i agree with you, sandy. i glad to see this position to have a chance to try to do something with it. the europeans, there were certainly changes made, positive ones from the original senate bill 22. part at the beginning about urging the need to cooperate with america's allies is a good thing. there are other pieces in the legislation that the europeans do not like. i do not think they are wrong. there is out and out stated opposition to nordstrom to on on any basis.wo you have...
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i want to close with superstorm sandy. i grew up in new york and most of us do not live there or use their subway systems, but the threat manhattan faces is common to all of us around the world. we cannot freeze time and halt impacts of climate change, but with the paris agreement we have a mechanism to marshal our collective will and commit ourselves to do something. it is a call to action and a call to action the world needs to heed. let me stop with that, take questions, and look forward to the conversation. [applause] coral: jonathan, thank you so much. we will turn to a q&a and i will ask follow-up questions of issues that you raised and then turn to the audience. if you want to be thinking about your questions we will go in about 10 to 15 minutes. you mentioned that there has been this really surprising unprecedented trifecta of developments in the international climate community space. paris entering into force, the amendment on high potency greenhouse gas coolants, and the aviation agreement as well, the global avi
i want to close with superstorm sandy. i grew up in new york and most of us do not live there or use their subway systems, but the threat manhattan faces is common to all of us around the world. we cannot freeze time and halt impacts of climate change, but with the paris agreement we have a mechanism to marshal our collective will and commit ourselves to do something. it is a call to action and a call to action the world needs to heed. let me stop with that, take questions, and look forward to...
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investigators couldn't include the fire was related to damage from sandy, the governor approved sandy funds to rebuild those businesses affected by the fire. even if those businesses were affected by sandy. do you think that was appropriate use of sandy money? >> you would be asking that question if you been down to communities and listening to people. they are struck by the inequity of it all. speed the money went to rebuild the boardwalk. people need to rebuild their lives. you have to go down there. people are living in trailer still. i was in union beach over the weekend. adnndrea was crying. she still didn't have an answer from the are are -- rrem program. it is a bungling. also the detriment of the folks that are victimized by hurricane sandy. >> you would not have given money to the seaside businesses? >> i'm not one to supplant my judgment. i don't have access to the stats. i would have to look at because. the inequity is striking. the priority has to be people getting people back in their homes. >> of a guarantee. will not beo supplanting her judgment for mine. it was an appr
investigators couldn't include the fire was related to damage from sandy, the governor approved sandy funds to rebuild those businesses affected by the fire. even if those businesses were affected by sandy. do you think that was appropriate use of sandy money? >> you would be asking that question if you been down to communities and listening to people. they are struck by the inequity of it all. speed the money went to rebuild the boardwalk. people need to rebuild their lives. you have to...
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and i i am sandy spoear lived in inequality. i believe in our judicial system and have great faith that more than anything, i believe in love. proposition 8 is a discriminatory law that hurts people, the gays, lesbians in california, hurts the children we are raising and does so for no good reason. it is our hope that we can move forward and remove this harm from society so that gays and lesbians in california can go back to their lives, living equally alongside their neighbors, with the same rights and protections as everyone else, thank you all very much. andy name is paul katami for me, this case has been about securing the right to marry the person i love and having the equal access to the most important relationship i know in life and that is marriage. i simply look forward to the day when i can be married to the person i love and start a family like cress and sandy have. it's as simple as that. it is a constitutional right and i cannot wait to start my family with jeff. rullo, we're ce pleased to have presented their case
and i i am sandy spoear lived in inequality. i believe in our judicial system and have great faith that more than anything, i believe in love. proposition 8 is a discriminatory law that hurts people, the gays, lesbians in california, hurts the children we are raising and does so for no good reason. it is our hope that we can move forward and remove this harm from society so that gays and lesbians in california can go back to their lives, living equally alongside their neighbors, with the same...
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last summer the administration released the hurricane sandy rebuilding strategy. the strategy focuses on helping the region build to be more resilient to deal with future storms. as part of these efforts, the department of housing and urban development and its partner agencies are investing in safer and more resilient infrastructure and the federal transit administration is strengthening public transit systems affect bid the storm. these efforts can serve as a model for communities across the country. the president also signed an executive order directing agencies to help communities strengthen their resilience. they're to modernize programs to better support local preparedness, better manage our natural resources to improve resilience and to develop information and tools to help local decision makers. executive order also established a task force of state, local and tribal elected leaders to advise the administration. their recommendations will be vital to ensure that the federal government responds to the needs and priorities of communities when addressing the i
last summer the administration released the hurricane sandy rebuilding strategy. the strategy focuses on helping the region build to be more resilient to deal with future storms. as part of these efforts, the department of housing and urban development and its partner agencies are investing in safer and more resilient infrastructure and the federal transit administration is strengthening public transit systems affect bid the storm. these efforts can serve as a model for communities across the...
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speaker, events like sandy can happen anywhere. they don't just threaten the coast, but all communities and all states. events like sandy can happen at anytime and are happening with alarming frequency. this was not an isolated event that happens every decade. we cannot continue to sit back and wait for the next disaster to happen pfer we take action. the -- before we take action. the time to act is not a year from now, not a month from now, not even a day from now. the time to act is today. we must implement preventative measures to make our communities more resilient and be proactive in addressing climate change, the root cause of extreme weather events. only then will will we be able to -- will we be able to ensure that the legacy of sandy is one f action and not despair and procrastination. i yield back. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. mcclintock, for five minutes. mr. speaker, over the past few weeks, it's become obvious that we are watchi
speaker, events like sandy can happen anywhere. they don't just threaten the coast, but all communities and all states. events like sandy can happen at anytime and are happening with alarming frequency. this was not an isolated event that happens every decade. we cannot continue to sit back and wait for the next disaster to happen pfer we take action. the -- before we take action. the time to act is not a year from now, not a month from now, not even a day from now. the time to act is today. we...
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. /11, whether it was sandy, getting 9/11 health care and ded, i've been there also i work across the aisle. most bipartisan member of congress year after year after year, i get the job done. don't stand on ceremony, i don't have government healthcare, i am not part of any plan.ssional healthcare my wife and i, children and grandchildren, the same as you, been here, will stay here. thank you. moderator: let's begin the questions. you, question to congressman. mitch mcconnell pledged to relitigate repeal of affordable care act. repeal in thethis repeal in the past and there have been nonpartisan estimates that project it would cost billions of dollars if it were to go away, 2.7 million lose health estimated nce, it is in second district alone would insurance by lth 2026. why would it be good for new away?f the aca went rep. king: it wouldn't be. i made it clear time and again, supported the affordable care act, but other parts are damaging. 105% under the affordable care act. e have seen almost 5 million people lose health care coverage. high, ases deductibles so not worth having healt
. /11, whether it was sandy, getting 9/11 health care and ded, i've been there also i work across the aisle. most bipartisan member of congress year after year after year, i get the job done. don't stand on ceremony, i don't have government healthcare, i am not part of any plan.ssional healthcare my wife and i, children and grandchildren, the same as you, been here, will stay here. thank you. moderator: let's begin the questions. you, question to congressman. mitch mcconnell pledged to...
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host: this is sandy off of twitter this morning. who do you think is leaking daily from the state and the justice department against trump ? obama loyalists." >> that could be. they certainly. these leaks have been hostile, perhaps to the trump administration. that happens in the past and that happened when reagan took over. i am sure that obama thought they were people in the pentagon who gave accounts of meetings he had early on who were loyalists, ,ho believed in the war in iraq and didn't like the fact that president obama was getting us out of there but again, there are leaks often in washington and there are leaks when you administration takes over. and if there are serious national security implications there should be a special prosecutor. leakgeneral matter, investigations are not a good idea because you could get yourself in trouble with the leakers. you should remember that watergate began with a leak investigation. why would a breaking into those offices? why? they wanted to discover who was leaking stuff. there was a gr
host: this is sandy off of twitter this morning. who do you think is leaking daily from the state and the justice department against trump ? obama loyalists." >> that could be. they certainly. these leaks have been hostile, perhaps to the trump administration. that happens in the past and that happened when reagan took over. i am sure that obama thought they were people in the pentagon who gave accounts of meetings he had early on who were loyalists, ,ho believed in the war in iraq...
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i am more skeptical than you are, sandy, of how coherent that strategy is. part of it is we know to what we want the russians to do with lifting sanctions. is it not moving further westward? to reduce or and their support for ethnic russian separatists? is it actually to return crimea? some of these things are clear and some are not. i don't think we have a clear objective in washington. >> i agree with you and will not repeat what you just said. i also wonder how clear the russians strategy is for what they want and the ukraine. [laughter] >> they know what they don't want. >> yeah, there are two sides to the point. we will have a better mutual understanding. while we have this very difficult political relationship, it is worth pursuing some of those avenues we have pursued in the past in terms of cultural and educational exchanges to try to build a level of interaction between two peoples while we have a difficult geopolitical situation. >> thank you very much. please join me in thanking our panel. [applause] >> thank you to all of you for being here today
i am more skeptical than you are, sandy, of how coherent that strategy is. part of it is we know to what we want the russians to do with lifting sanctions. is it not moving further westward? to reduce or and their support for ethnic russian separatists? is it actually to return crimea? some of these things are clear and some are not. i don't think we have a clear objective in washington. >> i agree with you and will not repeat what you just said. i also wonder how clear the russians...
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military action could have prevented sandy hook. there is this dramatic disconnect between fear felt here at home about the threat of the actual utility that specific u.s. military operations have been preventing attacks here. the taliban is another group specifically mentioned in the mf, but it isthe au not clear why. they are only a threat to to the extent of americans living amongst them in afghanistan. one actually claims the taliban is going to come here and attack us or our allies. the claim is that, in the absence of an aumf authorizing military force against them, there will be a safe haven where they can plot national attacks. true thatly not afghanistan would have operational utility for these ps to hatch terrorist attacks against us. it is a myth that al qaeda's presence in afghanistan leading /11 was integral to those attacks. actually, they can be a liability. about the unique things isis is that insist upon obtaining territory, which is strategically stupid, is now we have a target. the benefit of groups like al qaeda
military action could have prevented sandy hook. there is this dramatic disconnect between fear felt here at home about the threat of the actual utility that specific u.s. military operations have been preventing attacks here. the taliban is another group specifically mentioned in the mf, but it isthe au not clear why. they are only a threat to to the extent of americans living amongst them in afghanistan. one actually claims the taliban is going to come here and attack us or our allies. the...
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we've had forums on everything from the opioid abuse problem, which is rampant in my area, to sandy relief efforts that haven't gone well. so first and foremost for me is constituent service. and then, on the legislative side, i'm very happy with the heroin bill that we got passed. the comprehensive addiction recovery act. i'm continuing to work with the opioid task force to try to help with that. and i'm thrilled with the preservation of the kc-10 tanker at the joint base, and i'm going to continue to work on that as well. >> on the sandy efforts, in our original interview, you were fairly critical of fema on their efforts towards helping families in new jersey and in your district in particular. where do things stand now? rep. macarthur: i'm still critical of fema. i don't think there has been enough accountability. i still have thousands of people that haven't gotten a fair shake from the federal government, the very agency that was set up to help victims of disaster relief. and these people are still fighting the fight. i don't think there has been enough accountability. it is one of m
we've had forums on everything from the opioid abuse problem, which is rampant in my area, to sandy relief efforts that haven't gone well. so first and foremost for me is constituent service. and then, on the legislative side, i'm very happy with the heroin bill that we got passed. the comprehensive addiction recovery act. i'm continuing to work with the opioid task force to try to help with that. and i'm thrilled with the preservation of the kc-10 tanker at the joint base, and i'm going to...
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our home was destroyed by hurricane sandy. just put the microphone closer to you so everybody can hear you. >> we have been given choices of houses to build. control ine put more our hands to hire local contractors? >> two things. you can. there is an option to do that. we will have you sit with them to talk about the option of having your own contractors. >> the original reason for that was the federal requirement about how these things had to be rebuilt. rebuilt to be be more elaborate or traveling at than they were when they were knocked down. there were lots of requirements on that. roles required us to use the process you are talking about which is the number of models that were offered. they would pay the contractors directly. we got that changed in the first round. pay the listen, contractor directly. let people make some of their own decisions. you can't build back better house than the one you had before, using a that comes from taxpayers. if you are too far down the road on one option, you might appeal to switch. i a
our home was destroyed by hurricane sandy. just put the microphone closer to you so everybody can hear you. >> we have been given choices of houses to build. control ine put more our hands to hire local contractors? >> two things. you can. there is an option to do that. we will have you sit with them to talk about the option of having your own contractors. >> the original reason for that was the federal requirement about how these things had to be rebuilt. rebuilt to be be...
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. >> sandy specter with the james martin center for nonproliferation studies. i just wanted to go back to two different points dennis ross made. the first is the idea of somehow providing deterrent strategy. the bunker buster weapon and the bomber to release it, that would be quite something, a delivery system in use with nuclear weapons. i say it raises a number of issues above and beyond the ability to attack a single site. we are seeing other countries were advanced suppliers are offering nuclear weapon platforms. other issues are involved here. the procurement channel, i don't find it to be quite such a troubling aspect. they have so many extra unused centrifuges that to cannibalize 15 or 20 years, to keep the existing level going, so they don't need to going to the marketplace for that purpose, the iraq reactor which they will be building, still in the early design phases. it is not really a surprise they are not in the market looking for replacement parts or whatever it might be. >> first of all, we use the b2 for conventional purposes. we have been using
. >> sandy specter with the james martin center for nonproliferation studies. i just wanted to go back to two different points dennis ross made. the first is the idea of somehow providing deterrent strategy. the bunker buster weapon and the bomber to release it, that would be quite something, a delivery system in use with nuclear weapons. i say it raises a number of issues above and beyond the ability to attack a single site. we are seeing other countries were advanced suppliers are...
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as we saw and sandy when the great going down took out access to transportation fuels. that is one major focus. in another major focus will be around the infrastructure for distributing fuels. again, the last weeks we have seen the problems in new england with natural gas prices. we have seen the continuing concerns about propane. again, the issue was getting the toduct from where it was where we needed it and the infrastructure was not there. lex had you been working on climate change issues for countries that produce a lot of ?missions come as such as india how do you believe they should reboot energy sources? >> we are carrying on extensive dialogue of cooperation with china and india, for example. china is by far the largest coal user. billion tons per year. with both china and india, i will be going to india in about two weeks. i was in china recently. i was there, all of the senior government officials focused immediately upon the bad air quality issue. it is not just carbon emissions but air quality. the indexat i arrived in beijing was roughly 10 times under eit
as we saw and sandy when the great going down took out access to transportation fuels. that is one major focus. in another major focus will be around the infrastructure for distributing fuels. again, the last weeks we have seen the problems in new england with natural gas prices. we have seen the continuing concerns about propane. again, the issue was getting the toduct from where it was where we needed it and the infrastructure was not there. lex had you been working on climate change issues...
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when i meet doug quinn, a sandy victim. when i brought billions of dollars back, when the government turned their back on them, and they reopened the case. when i met someone on the autism spectrum, passed autism care into law. when i saw the nature of the base we had, a new mission for casey 46, incredibly important. those speak volumes about who i am, what i'm working for. moderator: mr. hugin, senator menendez made reference to the ad you have running at the moment i believe where you accuse him of having had sex with underage prostitutes. that ad has been roundly criticized, and you stand here next to mr. menendez and defend it? mr. hugin: absolutely. the ad does not say we charge it. we are talking about an fbi sworn affidavit. let me address some basic questions here. when i started this campaign, less than one in three new jerseyans knew senator menendez was indicted by the obama justice department. this is a job interview, not a trial. i am not saying we should retry senator menendez, but people deserve to know all
when i meet doug quinn, a sandy victim. when i brought billions of dollars back, when the government turned their back on them, and they reopened the case. when i met someone on the autism spectrum, passed autism care into law. when i saw the nature of the base we had, a new mission for casey 46, incredibly important. those speak volumes about who i am, what i'm working for. moderator: mr. hugin, senator menendez made reference to the ad you have running at the moment i believe where you accuse...
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it was tapering off at least a week before hurricane sandy. a lot of people are saying, sandy killed him. i think that was more icing on the cake. he was already dropping before the hurricane came along. he did engage a lot of voters who were not paying attention to him that the debate was the first positive experience they have had considering mitt romney. a really put the brakes enclave of not enough. i will talk about that more and a couple of minutes. i think we felt good about how we looked at it. one of the things i denture the senate. there were 10 tossup races. if you come down to -- north dakota. if they both go democratic, democratic would have won nine out of the 10 tossup races. if they go the spread democrats or have 17-10. we talked abut it a little bit before the election -- the last group of tossup races. they never break and the marrow. they tend to break two there is one way and one-third with the other. whatever the guest of wind is. maybe it was sandy related and maybe not, but it was a positive gust of wind for the preside
it was tapering off at least a week before hurricane sandy. a lot of people are saying, sandy killed him. i think that was more icing on the cake. he was already dropping before the hurricane came along. he did engage a lot of voters who were not paying attention to him that the debate was the first positive experience they have had considering mitt romney. a really put the brakes enclave of not enough. i will talk about that more and a couple of minutes. i think we felt good about how we...
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and it hits particularly hard those of us who live in the shadow of sandy hook. years ago where 20 babies but now what? were killed. and we thought that that would be enough to cause this congress to act. to act for sanity, to act for common sense, to act for life. but it wasn't. and neither was orlando, neither was san bernardino. and now neither, i fear, will be the horrendous massacre in las vegas. let's be clear that no other ragedy that we face. not terrorists flying not terrorists flying into buildings, not hurricanes which render entire islands without power and without hope cause us to say this is not a time to address this problem. we ask ourselves what can we do better, what can we learn, how an we stop this? except on this issue. rlando, congress does nothing. children, 20 dead congress does nothing. and now las vegas. what is happening right now is that conversations are happening in offices to figure ngress does nothing. out what the decent interval of time is between the deaths in las vegas and when we can introduce a bill that will make it easier f
and it hits particularly hard those of us who live in the shadow of sandy hook. years ago where 20 babies but now what? were killed. and we thought that that would be enough to cause this congress to act. to act for sanity, to act for common sense, to act for life. but it wasn't. and neither was orlando, neither was san bernardino. and now neither, i fear, will be the horrendous massacre in las vegas. let's be clear that no other ragedy that we face. not terrorists flying not terrorists flying...
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thank you and i am glad to welcome sandy back up to the stage. [applause] >> i'm not going to provide an elaborate introduction. andre proud to have them it's always a great place to have an important conversation. we will get right into the substance of what we are talking about. marty, i wanted to raise with you a question i think a lot of people have. a lot of consumers of the news, which is, this is an audit odd system we operate under, where reporters have protections but the people who give them information do not. the reporters and editors, all of us depend on those who are willing to be whistleblowers. to use the term we are talking about tonight. i wonder whether the system is functioning better than ever, is it more necessary than ever, how do you define and explain that? marty: i don't know about than ever, i've been around a long time but not that long. i don't think we are entirely insulated in the way you have described. we will be talking about the espionage act and whether that can be applied. we have yet to see. the justice depar
thank you and i am glad to welcome sandy back up to the stage. [applause] >> i'm not going to provide an elaborate introduction. andre proud to have them it's always a great place to have an important conversation. we will get right into the substance of what we are talking about. marty, i wanted to raise with you a question i think a lot of people have. a lot of consumers of the news, which is, this is an audit odd system we operate under, where reporters have protections but the people...
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if you were impacted by hurricane sandy, give us a call. our first call comes from elizabeth in dover, mass., on the line for independents. caller: thank you for taking my call. i have a point raised by geological professors. my background is in climate science. i think the house needs to act on this bill may be even before the fiscal cliff issues and not allowed to impede the relief efforts. we need to take the larger view. i am disappointed climate was not a bigger issue in the election. should fema and the federal government be in the business of insuring coastal properties due to be wiped out by future hurricanes? people need to consider the rebuilding efforts should be done in land on higher ground with greater thinking by the army corps of engineers. guest: elizabeth is referring to the national flood insurance program. the federal government provides flood insurance for people who live in high-risk areas. many people argue there is an incentive for people to live in at risk areas in the federal government is paying for people to live
if you were impacted by hurricane sandy, give us a call. our first call comes from elizabeth in dover, mass., on the line for independents. caller: thank you for taking my call. i have a point raised by geological professors. my background is in climate science. i think the house needs to act on this bill may be even before the fiscal cliff issues and not allowed to impede the relief efforts. we need to take the larger view. i am disappointed climate was not a bigger issue in the election....
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what is different with sandy hook? or le say is it different .ack in the lub by's shooting why would sandy hook be different? you talk about reading "run, spot, run" but why is this different? >> 5-year-old children. i do not know if any of you have children, but the idea of sending a 5-year-old to school and then someone walks in and murders them, i think that that -- in other words, every life is precious, whether it is a 100 year-old or a five year-old, but you can learn something. i'm glad you asked that uestion. believe that -- i wish that all legislators could go and do hat i did last friday. one of the things i try to always do is make sure to feed my passion. hat i mean by that is that i stay focused on my job. about one week ago i -- two weeks ago i called our medical center in baltimore. i asked if i could come and see n autopsy. i wanted to see an autopsy of someone who had been the victim of gun violence. after about one week, a case came up and he allowed me to see t. i wanted to be reminded of how erious
what is different with sandy hook? or le say is it different .ack in the lub by's shooting why would sandy hook be different? you talk about reading "run, spot, run" but why is this different? >> 5-year-old children. i do not know if any of you have children, but the idea of sending a 5-year-old to school and then someone walks in and murders them, i think that that -- in other words, every life is precious, whether it is a 100 year-old or a five year-old, but you can learn...
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it was put on by sandy hook promise, which is an organization that's grown up out of the tragedy in sandy hook. a number of parents have become the organizers of an effort to try to learn from what happened in sandy hook and make sure that we don't repeat the mistakes of the past. we actually got to honor two of our colleagues there. we honored senator pat toomey for his work two years ago on the background checks bill as well as debbie stabenow. senator stabenow, of course, has been a great advocate for increasing resources in our mental health system. as wonderful a night as it was to honor these champions of change, it also was a night in which we were reminded about that terrible, terrible morning in december of 2012. we watched a short video of the news coverage and we listened to parents of daniel barden and dylan hockley the husband of mary sherlock talk to us about what their lives have been like in the years since that shooting in sandy hook. and i remember the hours and days after the shooting. i remember feeling like i needed to be really restrained about talking about the obvi
it was put on by sandy hook promise, which is an organization that's grown up out of the tragedy in sandy hook. a number of parents have become the organizers of an effort to try to learn from what happened in sandy hook and make sure that we don't repeat the mistakes of the past. we actually got to honor two of our colleagues there. we honored senator pat toomey for his work two years ago on the background checks bill as well as debbie stabenow. senator stabenow, of course, has been a great...
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money,me of the sandy hurricane sandy, that were used for the emergency afterwards, much of that money has been dedicated as people are rebuilding to try to do it in a resilient form. we are hopeful that kind of investment now will have a payoff for us later. as we think about issues like drought or wildfires or many of the things we are going to be facing again and again, they are fiscally very challenging and often expensive. thinking about them ahead of time, that is one of the concepts that this is about, and we are pursuing it through interagency working rooms, funding, trying to work at the state level. >> one more very quick question. siness consultant. back in 2000, bill clinton left billion surplus. when bush came in in 2000 three, that surplus quickly went away and we have been gaining a lot of debt that the republican party fails to address. the of and that, does present -- given that, and does president obama has an endgame plan to end his second term with a surplus of that he can say specifically that he has accomplished something in his presidency? >> so i would start by
money,me of the sandy hurricane sandy, that were used for the emergency afterwards, much of that money has been dedicated as people are rebuilding to try to do it in a resilient form. we are hopeful that kind of investment now will have a payoff for us later. as we think about issues like drought or wildfires or many of the things we are going to be facing again and again, they are fiscally very challenging and often expensive. thinking about them ahead of time, that is one of the concepts that...
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he won't say that, he will talk about "assault weapons" and children of sandy hook. >> are you asking for more gun control from -- >> no, i don't want the government controlling anything. >> but ralph -- [applause] >> there you go. what about -- these guys are making a strong case. they are going on the offense. >> yeah. this is built on lies. we're not having congressmen coming out here and saying president obama is lying to you. we can't use those words. yes, he is lying. i don't know how this guy can get up and look himself in the mirror and say i'm going to lie to the american people. i could not do it. >> the republicans have been doing it as long as the democrats have been doing it. >> that's why we're trying to change things. cpac. why we're here at >> why is it so hard for republicans to stand up with true moral outrage and talk about the fact that if you want to be concerned about social security and medicare and these problems, it is the president's plan that is driving more people into debt and eventually destroying any safety net that we have in this country for anybody. i
he won't say that, he will talk about "assault weapons" and children of sandy hook. >> are you asking for more gun control from -- >> no, i don't want the government controlling anything. >> but ralph -- [applause] >> there you go. what about -- these guys are making a strong case. they are going on the offense. >> yeah. this is built on lies. we're not having congressmen coming out here and saying president obama is lying to you. we can't use those...
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if you contrast that to a sandy beach, you can clean a sandy beach very quickly. the idea of going in in getting a quick -- getting people to understand that just cleaning up oil is not just about going in scooping it up. there is a loo of expert work that needs to go into working out how to do it. >> there are a lot offfolks looking at a lot of data. they are looking at health risks to responders. in ann situation where you have+ a response and a lot of people moving fast, there is an element of risk. that is true on the land, and out at sea. there are a lot of folks devoted to looking at all data, looking at how the cruise or ooerating and doing business, and out in the response area, and making sure that everybody is safe and that we continue did it -- drink the mission. crew and responder held ii paramount and needs to be effective. -- crew and responder health. >> we are feeding between 7005850 people three times a day. among the services we offer our paundry service -- people are staying at hotels and motels all around that area, and you can drop your laundr
if you contrast that to a sandy beach, you can clean a sandy beach very quickly. the idea of going in in getting a quick -- getting people to understand that just cleaning up oil is not just about going in scooping it up. there is a loo of expert work that needs to go into working out how to do it. >> there are a lot offfolks looking at a lot of data. they are looking at health risks to responders. in ann situation where you have+ a response and a lot of people moving fast, there is an...
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spent on sandy-related expenses. additionally, i would like to say that i think these religious and pac groups shouldn't get any tax exemptionless. see these meg a million television who call themselves reverends rolling in oney and don't have to pay taxes. we are not all christians we are not all uslims, we are baptists. religion was to be kept out of ur government and out of our politics and it is one of our iggest problems is that the republicans have chipped away at the separation of church and state. host: congressman, your reaction. . a couple of questions there. maintain a hould separation of church and state. i do think religious organizations organizations it is appropriate to receive tax exempt status that r and i don't think actually compromises the separation of church and state. most intrigued about what is going on environmentally and to mind my view this is an enormous economic opportunity for us. one of the people that do believe that climate change is a has the potential to have very negative consequ
spent on sandy-related expenses. additionally, i would like to say that i think these religious and pac groups shouldn't get any tax exemptionless. see these meg a million television who call themselves reverends rolling in oney and don't have to pay taxes. we are not all christians we are not all uslims, we are baptists. religion was to be kept out of ur government and out of our politics and it is one of our iggest problems is that the republicans have chipped away at the separation of church...
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i say that after superstorm sandy, the worst national disaster in the state's history. i put billions of dollars back. when people like doug quinn were ultimately told by the government know, you are not going to get paid, i went to bat for him and got his money. that's the type of fight i've been in for new jersey. >> mr. hugin. mr. hugin: let's be clear, violated federal law, abused the power of his office, disgraced the senate. not just the only thing, there are other allegations -- very specific allegations against senator menendez. on top of that, it's not just corrupt. it's ineffective. 25 years in washington, 16 years with the democratic president and new jersey is dead last. we get the least back from washington than any state in the country. it's not right. it's time for change. >> mr. menendez? do you want 30 seconds to reply? mr. menendez: absolutely. we would get a lot more back if we weren't ripped off by the trump administration who he helped put in power. was his finance chair here in new version -- new jersey with a delegate for him at the convention and
i say that after superstorm sandy, the worst national disaster in the state's history. i put billions of dollars back. when people like doug quinn were ultimately told by the government know, you are not going to get paid, i went to bat for him and got his money. that's the type of fight i've been in for new jersey. >> mr. hugin. mr. hugin: let's be clear, violated federal law, abused the power of his office, disgraced the senate. not just the only thing, there are other allegations --...
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significant resources were made available through the sandy appropriations, et cetera. you talked generally about it. could you supply us with specific programs that you're dealing with you should your jurisdiction to deal with in light of the realities that we now have a different climate pattern? >> let me be very brief because i think others may want to interject. all of the agencies that developed climate adaptation plans that have been publicly commented on. we're taking the plans to develop implementation strategies. clearly epa has a number of issu issues those are of primary importance and raise the concern about moving towards green infrastructure, which keeps water local, and can help provide more livable and safe communitie communities. >> i think probably the most cig capital relevant piece is we received $102 million under the sandy supplemental funding for resilience. to look at building resiliency into that middle atlantic coastline, as we do restoration from hurricane sandy. so it provides us really for the first time the opportunity not just to rebuild,
significant resources were made available through the sandy appropriations, et cetera. you talked generally about it. could you supply us with specific programs that you're dealing with you should your jurisdiction to deal with in light of the realities that we now have a different climate pattern? >> let me be very brief because i think others may want to interject. all of the agencies that developed climate adaptation plans that have been publicly commented on. we're taking the plans to...
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s office, and the emergency management offices of all the states where sandy happened. my fema request, i still have not gotten anything back yet. it was over two years ago, which is another story. i did get stuff back from new jersey relatively quickly and from new york later. but i did get stuff back. i was asking for correspondence between -- and it depends on the agency how you want to craft it. essentially, correspondence between anyone with an e-mail at red cross and individuals involved in the sandy response. there are a lot of other examples. if you are looking at or reporting on a privately held company, a lot of work on koch industries which is privately held, even though it is huge, has been through foia work about its interactions with various government agencies. that is a very good tactic. >> i think most of the good stuff would be thrown away. some of we have to get the fires there. are we suspicious? like richardwas nixon who want to to keep the tapes and so forth. sameck kennedy was in the situation he would have had a on fire on the lawn. >> i don't kn
s office, and the emergency management offices of all the states where sandy happened. my fema request, i still have not gotten anything back yet. it was over two years ago, which is another story. i did get stuff back from new jersey relatively quickly and from new york later. but i did get stuff back. i was asking for correspondence between -- and it depends on the agency how you want to craft it. essentially, correspondence between anyone with an e-mail at red cross and individuals involved...
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host: this is sandy of twitter this morning. he says -- guest: that could be, and they should not leak. have been hostile perhaps to the new trump up administration. that has happened. it has happened in the past. i am sure obama felt there were people in the pentagon who did accounts of meetings he had early on who were left over from the bush administration, loyalists who believed in the not likeaq and did affect the president was getting us out of there and stuff. there are leaks often in leaksgton, and there are when a new administration takes over. if there are serious national security implications, those should be investigated. investigations are not a good idea. you end up getting yourself in more trouble than you do the leakers, which happen with nixon. remember, watergate began with a leak investigation. they put in bugs to discover who was leaking stuff. i think even if the leaks are annoying, you probably better off doing your business your way. if donald trump has successful foreign policy or repeals and his economi
host: this is sandy of twitter this morning. he says -- guest: that could be, and they should not leak. have been hostile perhaps to the new trump up administration. that has happened. it has happened in the past. i am sure obama felt there were people in the pentagon who did accounts of meetings he had early on who were left over from the bush administration, loyalists who believed in the not likeaq and did affect the president was getting us out of there and stuff. there are leaks often in...
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from the tide pools and sandy beaches to the panoramic views, it's no wonderer this park has become a key driver of our growing recreational economy. that project wouldn't have become a reality without the relatively small just 2 $250,000 but vital investment from the land and water conservation fund. the lwcf isn't just about creating opportunities in rural communities it supports opportunities in urban areas as well. less than a decade ago a park was an empty field with a dilapidated playground but thanks to support from the lwcf, it park hosts a modern aquatics facility and sports field that provides a safe, fun and screen-free place for kids to spend their time. in my washington, what i consider the better washington, we've seen firsthand that the lwcf grows jobs, supports rule economies and connects our rural communities to the outdoors. that's what's on the line. at a time when we are starving for bipartisanship in this place, look no further than h.r. 502. 229 members, democrats and republicans, have co-sponsored this. we have 100 days to get it done. and with that, i yield bac
from the tide pools and sandy beaches to the panoramic views, it's no wonderer this park has become a key driver of our growing recreational economy. that project wouldn't have become a reality without the relatively small just 2 $250,000 but vital investment from the land and water conservation fund. the lwcf isn't just about creating opportunities in rural communities it supports opportunities in urban areas as well. less than a decade ago a park was an empty field with a dilapidated...
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of oneeaking, the mother of the victims of the sandy hook elementary school shooting, who cofounded the group, safe and sound schools. this is 45 minutes. [applause] >> you are going to get me emotional before i start. i am
of oneeaking, the mother of the victims of the sandy hook elementary school shooting, who cofounded the group, safe and sound schools. this is 45 minutes. [applause] >> you are going to get me emotional before i start. i am